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Wow. After a long hiatus (years…) I have decided to resume my blog. In the meantime, since 2011 I have had 2 kids with my lovely wife, graduated with my MBA from Fordham, and achieved a promotion at work. Please hold your applause, while I pat myself on the back. But seriously, I have been busy. Not a lot of running unfortunately. A few races here and there. I ran a 21:30 5k in 2014, but just haven’t made training a priority and my weight and fitness show it. Currently about 224 lbs, marathon weight was 190ish.

So, now the journey to fitness begins. I want to show and share how this can and will be done. Doing this blog will keep me focused and hold me accountable. I would also like to get into some youtube video posts. I have done some of these in the past but not with any regularity.

Any suggestions or training plans are welcome!! I went for a 20 minute easy run last week and strained my achilles (right side), but I think it was more from sprinting for the train the day before in street shoes.

Lets do this!

Like this:

I did an intense cleaning session at the restaurant that I’m the Chef at and it required a lot of kneeling and vacuuming, about 2 weeks ago. I think all of the kneeling set off some irritation in my left knee and now when I run over 30 minutes I get this inflamation just below kneecap and slightly to the inside of my leg. The good thing is, it is not painful. I have read up on bursitis of the knee, and there are several bursa sacs in the knee. My particular problem is called

Bromelain (250 mg twice a day), an enzyme that comes from pineapples, reduces inflammation. Bromelain may increase the risk of bleeding, so people who take anticoagulants (blood thinners) should not take bromelain without first talking to their doctor. People with peptic ulcers should avoid bromelain. Turmeric is sometimes combined with bromelain, because it makes the effects of bromelain stronger. Turmeric and bromelain can increase the risk of bleeding. People who take blood-thinning medications or who have bleeding disorders should ask their doctor before taking them.

I’m pretty sure that the kneeling episode set it off, but only combined with my high mileage, and poor mechanics on my left leg. So I am working on stregthening my lower left leg. Also the rolfing sessions are helping with proper mechanics.

On a “lighter” note…the Christmas season was great but not an ideal setting for losing weight. Yeah, I put on a couple pounds, but I’m still much lighter than I was at this time last year, by about 10 lbs. My favorite thing to do after the Holidays is the 5-day Reset, which is a nutritional based weight loss system made by a company that I work with and use.

5 Day RESET Kit

I was 194 this morning before I went to the gym…not good. I’ll keep you updated on my 5 day results.

I also registered for my first triathlon, albeit an INDOOR tri, I’m excited. I’m a little worried about the swim though, I haven’t swam for speed in, well, never. I’ve swam laps before when I was younger, like 20 years ago. Oh well, you gotta start somewhere right? I will try to get in a pool before the Jan. 10th event, but it may not happen. It’s only a 10 minute swim, then 30 min on the bike, then 20 min on the treadmill. I’ve always wanted to get into Tri’s since I feel like my body type is more suited to that than it is to long distance running. We’ll see where I stack up with very little training 🙂